Quenton Craddock visited South Carolina and was considering Stanford before deciding that Harvard was the right place for him.

Throw in quarterback Joe Murt from Colorado—the 24th-best high school prospect coming out of that state. Add 270-pound nose guard Matt Drazba from California—a stellar high school wrestler as well as menace at the line of scrimmage. Tack on Massachusetts All-State defensive end David Paine.

Now that recruiting class which was tops in the Ivies becomes one of the best in all of Division I-AA.

Put those recruits on a squad which already returns six skill position players from a team that went 7-3 and you’ve got enough talent to push Harvard into the top-10 in Division I-AA and keep it there for the immediate future.

Even further, if Murphy can keep bringing in recruiting classes like this one, Harvard might make it to the top of Division I-AA someday soon.

But for now, it’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy this off-season victory and dream of the day that it may be joined with a postseason one as well.

—Staff writer Michael R. James can be reached at mrjames@fas.harvard.edu./